Boys' name · since 2012
Syer
Syer has 100 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,438 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Syer currently ranks #7576 among boys' names in America, with 100 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Syer recorded 100 times among boys since 2012, holding rank #7576 nationally today, ahead of 46% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #17,438 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,576 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 100 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syer ranks #17,438 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,576 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 100 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,438 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Syer's 100 recorded births place it above 61.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Syer compares
100 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Syer's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Syer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 100 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Syer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Syer's full recorded timeline at 2020, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Syer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Syer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Syer's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Syer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (66% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Syer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.